There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
Parallel translations
- WEB There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
- BSB No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
- NKJV None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.
- NASB There were no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod some remained.
- NLT None of the descendants of Anak were left in all the land of Israel, though some still remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
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Quick answer
No Anakim remained in Israel's land except in the Philistine cities of Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. A remnant survived in the coastal region.
Overview
The Anakim are wiped out within Israel's territory, though some linger in Philistine strongholds. This note quietly anticipates later conflict, including Goliath of Gath (1 Samuel 17). The surviving remnant reminds readers that not every enemy was yet fully subdued.
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- 1 Sam 17:4And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
- Josh 15:46From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
- 1 Chr 18:1Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
- Judg 3:3Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
- 1 Kgs 2:39And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
- 2 Chr 26:6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
- 1 Chr 8:13Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
- 1 Chr 29:4–8Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
- 2 Sam 21:16–22And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
- 1 Sam 5:1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
- Isa 20:1In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
- Neh 13:23–24In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
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